News & Articles By Edsel Cook
11/13/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Russia tests an active-powered exoskeleton that enables soldiers to fire machine guns with one hand
Killer robots that can lift and fire machine guns with one mechanical hand might be coming soon. In fact, Russian soldiers will soon be able to pull off the same action hero gesture thanks to the new exoskeleton they are testing out, an article in TASS reported. Developed by the TsNiiTochMash industrial design bureau, the Soldier Combat […]
10/30/2018 / By Edsel Cook
U.S. Army begins testing a new bullet-proof “spider suit”
Its creator dubbed it “Dragon Silk.” Yet the bullet-proof body armor that will be made from it is dubbed the “spider suit.” The odd naming conflict is because the material is actually spider silk spun by silkworms, an article in the Daily Mail reported. Natural spider silk is one of the strongest materials in existence. Many believe […]
10/30/2018 / By Edsel Cook
U.S. Air Force has awarded two contracts to develop hypersonic weapons
The hypersonic arms race continues towards its destructive finish line at breakneck speed. After both Russia and China declared big successes in their development of faster-than-Mach-five weapons, the U.S. Air Force announced a pair of contracts to develop its own hypersonic vehicle, an article in Live Science stated. The first deal called for the creation of […]
10/30/2018 / By Edsel Cook
“Demon” drone is a new unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a grenade launcher
It might not be an actual devil from Hell, but it is definitely a portent of dark times ahead. An article in Rotor Drone Magazine reported on the “Demon,” an unmanned combat aerial vehicle that can take out squads of soldiers or an armored vehicle with its deadly payload of weapons. The founder of a Ukrainian drone company recently announced an […]
10/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook
California-based space company testing a mini propulsion system for planetary microsat missions
An American space technology company is almost ready to release a new propulsion system that could one day be installed on most spacecraft. The improved thrusters will be small enough to mount on microsatellites, yet powerful enough to propel larger space probes on interplanetary missions away from Earth, an article in Space.com stated. The system […]
10/13/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Meet Centauro, a small four-legged robot that researchers say will change disaster relief efforts
Italian researchers have created the modern-day robot version of the mythological centaur. An article in Reuters reported about Centauro, a quadrupedal robot that is intended to provide mechanical muscle to human relief workers during disasters and emergencies. For a machine that stands close to five feet in height and weighs 200 pounds, Centauro is able […]
09/25/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Two start-ups get Pentagon funding to build the first self-flying taxis
The Pentagon is hedging its bets in the race to build the world’s first driver-less air taxi. It is funding two start-ups that are quite close to realizing a working commercial vehicle in the near future, an article in The Guardian reported. Kitty Hawk and Joby Aviation are being funded by the Defense Innovation Unit […]
09/08/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Meet DRAGON, a shape-shifting flying robot that moves like a snake and can squeeze through tight spaces
Japanese researchers have created the closest thing to a real-life Transformer. The aptly-named DRAGON is an autonomous flying robot that can adjust the snake-like shape of its body in order to pass through tight spaces and accomplish tasks, an article in IEEE Spectrum stated. Navigating indoors is a big challenge for flying robots. There are […]
09/04/2018 / By Edsel Cook
New approach could make invisibility cloaking a very real idea
Researchers have found a new way to make something truly invisible to sight. An article in Science Daily describes a new technology that changes the color of light waves as they go through an object, preventing it from giving off reflections or distortions that would reveal the cloaked object. Its developers claim that their approach […]
09/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook
DARPA’s new defense vehicle can seamlessly transition between a round wheel shape and a triangular track in just 2 seconds
The military has just reinvented the most ancient of all mobility devices: the wheel. In an eye-popping article in Tech Crunch, military researchers unveiled a new wheel-track that takes just a heartbeat or so to transform from the round shape of a traditional wheel to a triangular track like the ones that support a tank. […]
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